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  • Basil of Caesarea A good deed is never lost. He who sows courtesy, reaps friendship; he who plants kindness, gathers love; pleasure bestowed on a grateful mind was never sterile, but generally gratitude begets reward.
    Basil of Caesarea
    Greek bishop of Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia (330 - 379)
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  • Thomas Fuller A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings.
    Thomas Fuller
    English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
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  • Ben Simmons A lot of guys go into the NBA not being able to shoot the ball well, but then they become great shooters.
    Ben Simmons
    Australian basketball player (1996 - )
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  • Albert Schweitzer A man can do only what a man can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.
    Albert Schweitzer
    German physician, theologian, philosopher, musician (1875 - 1965)
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  • George William Curtis A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.
    George William Curtis
    American journalist (1824 - 1892)
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  • George Santayana A man's feet must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
    George Santayana
    Spanish - American philosopher (1863 - 1952)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Edgar Allan Poe A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime.
    Edgar Allan Poe
    American poet, writer and critic (1809 - 1849)
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  • Ambrose Bierce A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Henry David Thoreau Absolutely speaking, Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you is by no means a golden rule, but the best of current silver. An honest man would have but little occasion for it. It is golden not to have any rule at all in such a case.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Elias Canetti Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it out and then practice deception themselves.
    Elias Canetti
    Austrian novelist and philosopher (1905 - 1994)
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  • Ambrose Bierce All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Anthony Burgess All human life is here, but the Holy Ghost seems to be somewhere else.
    Anthony Burgess
    British writer, criticus (1917 - 1993)
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  • Edgar Allan Poe All that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream.
    Edgar Allan Poe
    American poet, writer and critic (1809 - 1849)
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  • John Hay All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.
    John Hay
    American politician (1838 - 1905)
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  • Cal Thomas America's most dangerous diseases have developed an immunity to politics. We suffer not from a failure of political organization or power, but a failure of love.
    Cal Thomas
    American columnist and author (1942 - )
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  • Ambrose Bierce An acquaintance is someone we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Edward F. Halifax Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.
    Edward F. Halifax
    British Conservative Statesman (1881 - 1959)
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  • Albert Schweitzer Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.
    Albert Schweitzer
    German physician, theologian, philosopher, musician (1875 - 1965)
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  • Pablo Picasso Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don't start measuring her limbs.
    Pablo Picasso
    Spanish painter, draftsman and sculptor (1881 - 1973)
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